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Beautiful island with an explosive history
... led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (68 mi) to the south, through a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.
Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous volcanic explosion that destroyed the earliest settlements on a ...
Beautiful Santorini
... me tastes of everything I need for a sunset picnic in Oia (olives, dolmas, cheese, salami, bread, local wine, sesame almonds) he reminds me that in a big city like Athens (nothing of the sort could ever happy on Santorini...) I'm lucky that I didn't get my throat slit! He actually mimes this gruesome act.
I have 2 days before Birdie and Alan arrive, so I just rest, go to the beach and find my way around town.
Thank goodness I packed a small, digital camera to ...
Day 263 - Volcano Exploring
... even though the place was empty and as we chose our seat Mia asked to see a menu. The owner didn’t (or wouldn’t) provide one and so she asked about the price of a drink. He avoided providing specifics and this just made Mia more persistent. Eventually he said 10 Euros for a drink and 8 for a beer, which was at least 60% over the norm – even in this touristic zone.
We got up to leave and he wanted to justify his prices. ...
Two Santorinis
... being disgorged by the cruise ships. Later in the morning, when we left our hotel to run to the bank, we were stunned to find our little alley was the main thoroughfare for the cruise ship passengers and it was truly jammed with people. All the shops that had been shuttered shut just the day before were all open, Greek souvenirs of ceramics, embroidery, and ...
Wow!
... the island, which sharply dropped off to almost sea level and was a flat plateau with the odd vineyard and house leading out to the coast. Like Ios, Santorini has a few big villages and towns that are tightly packed with buildings and houses, but the rest of the island is very desolate with only the odd building sprinkled here or there - Oia is one of these larger villages, with houses and hotels crowding the top and side of the cliff on the caldera side. Once at Oia we found the ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Business Services
- Wheelchair accessibility
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